[Hasknewbie]

FYI as hinted at the top of the page, this is a recycled (duh) version of a much longer article published 5 years ago:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/tales-trash

It feels weird to see a journalist republishing the same content just like that, but my guess is he has his book to promote and not that many angles to introduce the topic.